Education System Reforms in an Unstable Political Situation: The Case of Serbia in the First Decade of the 21st Century
Keywords:
Education policy, Education reform, Serbia, Strategy of education development
Abstract
In the present paper, education reform in the Republic of Serbia since 2000 is presented. The focus is on two major reform waves: 2000–2003 and 2004–2005. We analyse why these broad educational interventions failed. After 2005, there was a lull in the reform process, a period with no major changes (2005–2010). A new phase of improving education policy in Serbia commenced with the adoption of Trends in the Development and Upgrading of the Quality of Education and Upbringing 2010–2020 (2010) and the conception and proposal of the Strategy of Education Development in Serbia to 2020+ (2012). The basic innovations in approach
and conception in the new “epoch†is outlined.
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Published
2012-06-30
How to Cite
Ivić, I., & Pešikan, A. (2012). Education System Reforms in an Unstable Political Situation: The Case of Serbia in the First Decade of the 21st Century. Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2(2), 31-53. https://doi.org/10.26529/cepsj.383
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